107. The New York Times – Breaking News, World News & Multimedia

By DANNY HAKIM and JEREMY W. PETERS

Republicans regained control of the New York State Senate, winning support from two dissident Democrats in a surprise power-sharing deal.

We can all agree that Bush caused the problems with the economy. But when it comes to solutions it is as if the elections never happened: we have people who believe their ideological positions and are not flexible enough to rethink possible solutions. the result could be that we re-polarizee the country just as it looked like it was coming together.